NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mrubyc/mrubyc package, versions [,4.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MRUBYCMRUBYC-17874443
  • published7 Jul 2026
  • disclosed7 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-38976  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mrubyc/mrubyc to version 4.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the op_super process due to a missing runtime guard for top-level super. An attacker can cause a crash or denial of service by invoking the super operation at the top level, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1